diff --git a/crates/gosub_render_utils/src/render_tree/desc.rs b/crates/gosub_render_utils/src/render_tree/desc.rs
index 7ae505fd..bc5fd65f 100644
--- a/crates/gosub_render_utils/src/render_tree/desc.rs
+++ b/crates/gosub_render_utils/src/render_tree/desc.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use gosub_render_backend::{NodeDesc, Point, Size};
 use gosub_shared::node::NodeId;
 use gosub_shared::traits::css3::{CssPropertyMap, CssSystem};
 use gosub_shared::traits::document::Document;
+use gosub_shared::traits::node::{ElementDataType, Node};
 
 impl<L: Layouter, D: Document<C>, C: CssSystem> RenderTree<L, D, C> {
     pub fn desc(&self) -> NodeDesc {
@@ -27,14 +28,23 @@ impl<L: Layouter, D: Document<C>, C: CssSystem> RenderTree<L, D, C> {
         let attributes = if let RenderNodeData::Element = &node.data {
             // we need to get the attributes from the document, not from the render tree
 
-            todo!("attributes")
+            if let Some(handle) = &self.handle {
+                let doc = handle.get();
 
-            // e.attributes
-            //     .iter()
-            //     .map(|(k, v)| (k.clone(), v.clone()))
-            //     .collect()
+                doc.node_by_id(node.id)
+                    .and_then(|n| n.get_element_data())
+                    .map(|e| e.attributes())
+                    .map(|a| {
+                        a.iter()
+                            .map(|(k, v)| (k.clone(), v.clone()))
+                            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                    })
+                    .unwrap_or_default()
+            } else {
+                Vec::new()
+            }
         } else {
-            vec![]
+            Vec::new()
         };
 
         let (name, text) = if let RenderNodeData::Text(t) = &node.data {